for manuscripts announced in the last 60 days in the criminal law and procedure journals are here. I have previously pointed out the obvious--that download numbers are far from a perfect proxy for manuscript quality, or even for manuscript interest. In addition to all the obvious reasons, be aware that the numbers on SSRN's top-ten list are for manuscripts that have been posted for various lengths of time. Manuscripts are eligible to appear on the list once they appear in one of SSRN's criminal law and procedure journals. Some make the list the first week they appear; others, nearer the end of their 60-day eligibility period. Moreover, the time varies between when a manuscript first appears on SSRN and when it is first announced in one of the e-journals, so some manuscripts will be eligible to appear on the list for a longer period of time after their initial posting than will others. For example, the crim pro e-journal from last Sunday included manuscripts first posted from September 17-19; the crim law e-journal released the same day had manuscripts first posted from September 13-23. The August 4 crim law e-journal included articles posted as early as January 22 and as late as July 22. (My previous post on this, suggesting that the date that an article is revised can prolong its time on the top-10 list, was in error.)